Key Concepts in AOS Belonging

Representation
· Refers to how the composer’s choice of language modes, forms, features and structures shape meaning and influence responses – these choices are influenced by a composer’s sense of belonging
· How the concept of belonging is conveyed through the representations in texts of people, relationships, ideas, places, events and societies
· Assumptions underlying various representations of the concept of belonging

Perceptions
· How an individual’s perceptions of belonging or not belonging can vary and are shaped by his or her personal, cultural, historical and social context
· The ways in which a responder perceives the world through texts

Contextualisation
· How the perspectives of the composer and the responder are shaped by personal, cultural, historical and social contexts, experiences and values

Interrelationships
· The connections between texts through the concept of belonging and the individual’s perceptions and understanding